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37
Citations
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6176
National Ranking
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Research.com Recognitions

  • Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom

Overview

Lydia Plowman is affiliated with the University of Edinburgh in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the social sciences, with a particular focus on education, sociology and political science, information systems, human-computer interaction, and communication.

Their academic work centers on topics related to child development and digital technology, the impact of technology on adolescents, ICT in developing communities, innovative human-technology interaction, and social media and politics.

Among recent papers authored or contributed to by Lydia Plowman are:

  • "Under threes' play with tablets," 2020, Journal of Early Childhood Research
  • "Smart toys and children's understanding of personal data," 2021, International Journal of Child-Computer Interaction
  • "Centre for Research in Digital Education Annual Report 2018," 2021, Edinburgh Research Archive (University of Edinburgh)
  • "Centre for Research in Digital Education Annual Report 2019," 2021, Edinburgh Research Archive (University of Edinburgh)
  • "Centre for Research in Digital Education Annual Report 2020," 2021, Edinburgh Research Archive (University of Edinburgh)

Lydia Plowman frequently collaborates with a group of co-authors whose work intersects similar research domains. These frequent co-authors include:

  • Andrew Manches
  • Siân Bayne
  • Peter Evans
  • Michael Gallagher
  • Jeremy Knox

Their publications appear in venues such as the Edinburgh Research Archive (University of Edinburgh), Journal of Early Childhood Research, International Journal of Child-Computer Interaction, and Children & Society.

Lydia Plowman has been recognized as a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in the United Kingdom.

Best Publications

  • The technologisation of childhood? Young children and technology in the home

    Lydia Plowman;Joanna McPake;Christine Stephen

  • Children, play, and computers in pre-school education

    Lydia Plowman;Christine Stephen

  • Preschool children's learning with technology at home

    Lydia Plowman;Olivia Stevenson;Christine Stephen;Joanna McPake

  • Seven myths about young children and technology

    Lydia Plowman;Joanna McPake

  • A ‘benign addition’? Research on ICT and pre‐school children

    Lydia Plowman;Christine Stephen

  • Just picking it up? Young children learning with technology at home

    Lydia Plowman;Joanna McPake;Christine Stephen

  • What are workplace studies for

    Lydia Plowman;Yvonne Rogers;Magnus Ramage

  • Digital play: a new classification

    Jackie Marsh;Lydia Plowman;Dylan Yamada-Rice;Julia Bishop

  • Affordances for Learning in a Non-linear Narrative Medium

    Diana Laurillard;Matthew Stratfold;Rose Luckin;Lydia Plowman

  • Pre-school children creating and communicating with digital technologies in the home

    Joanna McPake;Lydia Plowman;Christine Stephen

  • Research Issues in the Study of Computer Supported Collaborative Writing

    M. Sharples;J. S. Goodlet;E. E. Beck;C. C. Wood

  • Growing Up With Technology: Young Children Learning in a Digital World

    Joanna McPake;Lydia Plowman;Christine Stephen

  • Guided interaction in pre-school settings

    Lydia Plowman;Christine Stephen

  • Supporting young children's learning with technology at home and in preschool

    Lydia Plowman;Christine Stephen;Joanna McPake

  • Exploring play and creativity in pre-schoolers’ use of apps: Final project report

    Jackie Marsh;Lydia Plowman;D. Yamada-Rice;J.C. Bishop

  • Computing education in children's early years: A call for debate

    Andrew Manches;Lydia Plowman

  • Researching Young Children's Everyday Uses of Technology in the Family Home

    Lydia Plowman

  • A Survey of Empirical Studies of Conflict

    S. M. Easterbrook;E. E. Beck;J. S. Goodlet;L. Plowman

  • Play and creativity in young children's use of apps

    Jackie Marsh;Lydia Plowman;Dylan Yamada-Rice;Julia Bishop

  • Narrative, linearity and interactivity: making sense of interactive multimedia

    Lydia Plowman

Frequent Co-Authors

Jackie Marsh
Jackie Marsh University of Sheffield
Sonia Livingstone
Sonia Livingstone London School of Economics and Political Science
Helen Skouteris
Helen Skouteris Monash University
Claire O'Malley
Claire O'Malley Teesside University
Susan Edwards
Susan Edwards Australian Catholic University
Klaus Wölfling
Klaus Wölfling Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz
Eileen Scanlon
Eileen Scanlon The Open University
Richard Noss
Richard Noss University College London

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